My rates
. . . .are fair and reasonable, but please remember, I have a bank manager who wants ME to give HIM money, rather than the other way round!
Give me a call and make me a decent offer.
C.V.
Employment from 1994 to present: Self-employed as described previously.
Also freelance sound & lighting technician, event stage manager and DV camera operator.
Employment from ‘78 -‘94: Scottish Television Glasgow.
* Sound Supervisor grade. Experienced in all programme types and sound duties.
* Mixing, recordist and boom op. of HUNDREDS of eps of 'High Road' on location and in studio ‘79-‘94).
* Mixing of music.
* Fisher boom op. on all major dramas, soaps. (‘Taggart’, The Steamie’, 'High Road', 'Jean Brodie', etc):.
* PSC drama recordist and boom op, Film drama boom op.
* Floor Manager since 1990.
Approved supplier for Learning + Teaching Scotland
Clients since 1994 include. . .
Broadcast / Video
ITN - News features. Bazal Productions - BBC2 'Food and Drink'. BBC Business Breakfast - News features. BBC Scotland - Fully Booked, Children In Need, Footballers’ Lives, Barmy Aunt Boomerang (studio and PSC recordist), etc. Scottish TV - news, booms, OB's, floor manager in studio and location drama. Pelicula Films - Queen Mary II documentary. Picardy Media & Communications - Enterprise Ayrshire corporate videos Crystal Media - UEFA Champions League Final feature, corporates. ABU Media Ltd - ‘An Ghaeltacht’, Irish language drama, Co. Donegal & Derry, 1st & 2nd units. Granada TV - The Weekend Show PSC, inserts for This Morning. GMTV - Many, varied and ongoing features and live hits. Scope Productions - Eikon for Scottish TV in UK, Holy Land & Rome. MAS Productions - Mark Knopfler ‘The Way It Is’, promo video. Grampian Television - Splaoid, The People Show, Grampian Midweek, etc. Ginger Productions - Lottery show inserts. Discovery Channel, USA - Vanessa Branson’s Private Island. Glasgow Television Productions - several sell-through music videos around Scotland for Scotdisc Productions (playback & recordist).
Corporate & training videos for IBM, CGU Insurance, South Lanarkshire Council, BskyB, RBS, Clydesdale Bank, HSE, Food Hygiene Council, and many more.
OBs
BBC Scotland & London - 2000 Today Millennium night, SPL football, Edinburgh Tattoo, The Mod, BBC Young Musician of the Year, Mountain Bike World Cup coverage, Open Golf, etc. Arena Television OB’s - ShowtimeTV boxing, basketball, etc. 021 OB's - SKY SPL and Premier League football, international rugby, showjumping, UEFA Champions League Final, etc. Chrysalis Television OB's - athletics, FoxTV boxing, etc. Visions Television OB’s - SKY SPL football, American football, Tyson Glasgow fight for ShowtimeTV, Open Golf for JSKYB Japan, etc. Telegenic - Sky Rugby League, SPL football. Televideo - SPL football for BT Border TV - Curling, Labour Conference, etc. CBF Mobiles - Only An Excuse video, BBC Election Special, Karen Dunbar video, Newsnight, BBC Wales rugby, Scottish Amicable OB (floor manager), etc. Bow Tie TV - Scottish Party Conferences x 3, Premier Div football, HBOS Bank OB. Highflyer Productions - ‘attheraces’ (mixer). Hunter Productions - Scottish Regal Masters Snooker (studio floor manager). Skyline Productions - Edinburgh's Hogmanay (floor manager). Global Widescreen OB's - ITV Morning Worship (sound asst. and floor manager), C4 racing, SKY football, Rugby World Cup, etc.
GodTV - live worldwide evangelical church service (floor manager)
Film
Hannaywood Films - 'Opportunity' & 'Beggar's Belief’, 2 x 35mm shorts (boom & recordist).
Palm Tree Productions - ‘Winter Warrior II, The Bone Hunter’ 16mm cinema feature,
Dead Man’s Shoes - 'Dead Man Falls', 16mm short
Square Go Productions - 'Eunuch' 16mm short
Asylum Pictures - ‘Duck’, BBC Tartan Short (boom)
BBC - '2000 Acres of Sky' (2nd boom)
The Gate Productions - Royal Bank ‘Life’s Too Short’ 35mm commercial. Daily Record commercials
Live
For Zisys AVMN - lighting and sound technician on Singing Kettle, pantos, concerts, amateur shows, corporates, etc.
Z1 camera op on dozens of corporate charity dinners, music festivals, etc (See www.zisysavmn.co.uk)
Sony Z1 cam op.
Director/camera on four promotional videos for Loud N Forte agency;
Director/camera ‘50 Miles’ pop video; (See www.oneday40.com)
Sound/camera for North & East Ayrshire Council promotional videos.
Other
Supporting artiste for Restoration Series 2 (Endemol), River City (BBC), Still Game (BBC).
Unit driver for Restoration, Series 2
Unit driver for State Productions - Travis ‘Re-Offender’ video.
. . . .are fair and reasonable, but please remember, I have a bank manager who wants ME to give HIM money, rather than the other way round!
Give me a call and make me a decent offer.
C.V.
Employment from 1994 to present: Self-employed as described previously.
Also freelance sound & lighting technician, event stage manager and DV camera operator.
Employment from ‘78 -‘94: Scottish Television Glasgow.
* Sound Supervisor grade. Experienced in all programme types and sound duties.
* Mixing, recordist and boom op. of HUNDREDS of eps of 'High Road' on location and in studio ‘79-‘94).
* Mixing of music.
* Fisher boom op. on all major dramas, soaps. (‘Taggart’, The Steamie’, 'High Road', 'Jean Brodie', etc):.
* PSC drama recordist and boom op, Film drama boom op.
* Floor Manager since 1990.
Approved supplier for Learning + Teaching Scotland
Clients since 1994 include. . .
Broadcast / Video
ITN - News features. Bazal Productions - BBC2 'Food and Drink'. BBC Business Breakfast - News features. BBC Scotland - Fully Booked, Children In Need, Footballers’ Lives, Barmy Aunt Boomerang (studio and PSC recordist), etc. Scottish TV - news, booms, OB's, floor manager in studio and location drama. Pelicula Films - Queen Mary II documentary. Picardy Media & Communications - Enterprise Ayrshire corporate videos Crystal Media - UEFA Champions League Final feature, corporates. ABU Media Ltd - ‘An Ghaeltacht’, Irish language drama, Co. Donegal & Derry, 1st & 2nd units. Granada TV - The Weekend Show PSC, inserts for This Morning. GMTV - Many, varied and ongoing features and live hits. Scope Productions - Eikon for Scottish TV in UK, Holy Land & Rome. MAS Productions - Mark Knopfler ‘The Way It Is’, promo video. Grampian Television - Splaoid, The People Show, Grampian Midweek, etc. Ginger Productions - Lottery show inserts. Discovery Channel, USA - Vanessa Branson’s Private Island. Glasgow Television Productions - several sell-through music videos around Scotland for Scotdisc Productions (playback & recordist).
Corporate & training videos for IBM, CGU Insurance, South Lanarkshire Council, BskyB, RBS, Clydesdale Bank, HSE, Food Hygiene Council, and many more.
OBs
BBC Scotland & London - 2000 Today Millennium night, SPL football, Edinburgh Tattoo, The Mod, BBC Young Musician of the Year, Mountain Bike World Cup coverage, Open Golf, etc. Arena Television OB’s - ShowtimeTV boxing, basketball, etc. 021 OB's - SKY SPL and Premier League football, international rugby, showjumping, UEFA Champions League Final, etc. Chrysalis Television OB's - athletics, FoxTV boxing, etc. Visions Television OB’s - SKY SPL football, American football, Tyson Glasgow fight for ShowtimeTV, Open Golf for JSKYB Japan, etc. Telegenic - Sky Rugby League, SPL football. Televideo - SPL football for BT Border TV - Curling, Labour Conference, etc. CBF Mobiles - Only An Excuse video, BBC Election Special, Karen Dunbar video, Newsnight, BBC Wales rugby, Scottish Amicable OB (floor manager), etc. Bow Tie TV - Scottish Party Conferences x 3, Premier Div football, HBOS Bank OB. Highflyer Productions - ‘attheraces’ (mixer). Hunter Productions - Scottish Regal Masters Snooker (studio floor manager). Skyline Productions - Edinburgh's Hogmanay (floor manager). Global Widescreen OB's - ITV Morning Worship (sound asst. and floor manager), C4 racing, SKY football, Rugby World Cup, etc.
GodTV - live worldwide evangelical church service (floor manager)
Film
Hannaywood Films - 'Opportunity' & 'Beggar's Belief’, 2 x 35mm shorts (boom & recordist).
Palm Tree Productions - ‘Winter Warrior II, The Bone Hunter’ 16mm cinema feature,
Dead Man’s Shoes - 'Dead Man Falls', 16mm short
Square Go Productions - 'Eunuch' 16mm short
Asylum Pictures - ‘Duck’, BBC Tartan Short (boom)
BBC - '2000 Acres of Sky' (2nd boom)
The Gate Productions - Royal Bank ‘Life’s Too Short’ 35mm commercial. Daily Record commercials
Live
For Zisys AVMN - lighting and sound technician on Singing Kettle, pantos, concerts, amateur shows, corporates, etc.
Z1 camera op on dozens of corporate charity dinners, music festivals, etc (See www.zisysavmn.co.uk)
Sony Z1 cam op.
Director/camera on four promotional videos for Loud N Forte agency;
Director/camera ‘50 Miles’ pop video; (See www.oneday40.com)
Sound/camera for North & East Ayrshire Council promotional videos.
Other
Supporting artiste for Restoration Series 2 (Endemol), River City (BBC), Still Game (BBC).
Unit driver for Restoration, Series 2
Unit driver for State Productions - Travis ‘Re-Offender’ video.
